Cicero on the Attack

Invective and subversion in the orations and beyond

edited by Joan Booth

Book cover: Cicero on the Attack

Extent: 220 pages

Publisher: The Classical Press of Wales

Subjects: Classical Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Roman World

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2007)

ISBN: 9781905125197

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $77.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2007)

ISBN: 9781910589496

Price: $77.00

Eight new essays, from a distinguished international cast, examine the techniques of Cicero’s verbal aggression. Analysis includes political and forensic context but also Cicero’s own formal theory of rhetoric and his debts to other genres, literary and dramatic.

Preface Introduction: man and matter - Joan Booth 1. Invective and the orator: Ciceronian theory and practice - J.G.F. Powell 2. Ciceronian invective: themes and variations - Robin Seager 3. The semantics and pragmatics of Ciceronian invective - Javier Uria 4. Smear and spin: Ciceronian tactics in De Lege Agraria I - Keith Hopwood 5. Name and shame? Invective against Clodius and others in the post-exile speeches - Catherine Steel 6. Acting the part: techniques of the comic stage in Cicero's early speeches - Byron Harries 7. Greek auxiliaries: tragedy and philosophy in Ciceronian invective - Ingo Gildenhard 8. 'What a funny consul we have!' Cicero's dealings with Cato Uticensis and prominent friends in opposition - Rogier L. van der Wal Index

  • Edited by Joan Booth